TRAINING

SMART board and podium conference room TRAINING

Presentation Products offers system training that is tailored to needs of end-users through advanced technical personnel. Our SMART Board training programs, including certification offerings, are used by some of the most prestigious learning institutions in the world. Contact us today and learn how the right training solution will maximize your technology investment.

Clients

  • Association to Benefit Children
  • Achievement First Charter Schools
  • Blue School
  • British International School
  • Bronx Global Leadership Institute
  • City of Perth Amboy Board of Ed
  • Cathedral High School
  • Claremont Preparatory School
  • Columbia University
  • Grace Church School
  • Greenwich Village School- P.S. 41
  • Holliswood School- P.S. 178


  • John A Coleman School
  • Kingsbury School- P.S. 188
  • Marymount School
  • New York University
  • Stephen Gaynor School
  • The Academy Charter School
  • The Bay View School- P.S. 102
  • The Speyer Legacy School
  • The Chapin School
  • The Highlawn School- P.S. 97
  • Trevor Day School


Resources

SMART Exchange – Access SMART’s Exchange website to obtain lesson plans and other resources for your SMART Board.

SMART Support Link – News and Information from SMART’s Services Team

EdCompass Blog – The Official SMART blog for Educators

SMART Training Videos – Visit our YouTube channel for quick video tutorials including:

  • SMART Meeting Pro
  • Using Microsoft Word on a SMART Board
  • Customizing SMART Notebook Software

SMART Training

Presentation Products’ Training Services team is highly accustomed to providing training in both business and educational environments. While some of our most popular packages are detailed below, we frequently customize our training based on the needs and skill levels of our valued clients. Contact us today and see how the proper training will maximize your technology investment.

SMART Meeting Pro Training

Session will teach users how to write notes in digital ink over documents, web pages and applications, save work for distribution in various formats, and integrate Microsoft Office applications. Users will also learn how to use the toolbar to toggle between desktop and whiteboard and to access shapes, lines and text, and to select pen colors, eraser widths, the on-screen keyboard and highlighters. This two-hour training session includes one hour of training and one hour for questions and customization.

SMART Meeting Pro Premium with
Bridgit Training


Presentation Products’ Meeting Pro Premium and Bridgit Server Training builds on the basic hardware and software functionality training of Meeting Pro software, then covers the additional features in Meeting Pro Premium, teaching your staff how to create and manage engaging collaboration sessions and remote meetings. Participants will learn how to:

        • Convert handwritten notes to text objects
        • Automate data conferencing with SMART Bridgit conferencing software
        • Share screens with remote participants
        • Manage multiple displays from the meeting room computer

Level 1: SMART Notebook
Fundamentals Training


Presentation Products’ Fundamentals Training offers hardware and basic functionality instruction. Participants will learn about hardware components, how the SMART Board interactive whiteboard works, and the basic principles of touching, writing and saving within Notebook Software. In addition, educators will learn how to add images and interactivity to lessons, how to maneuver through the software using tabs, toolbars and menus. Participants will also discover how to create properties, change properties and manipulate objects. Participants will receive Professional Development hours for each training session completed.

Level 2: SMART Notebook
Intermediate Training


Presentation Products’ Intermediate Training will provide learning on the use of Ink Aware applications, such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. After completing this course, users will have the ability to manipulate objects and capture information into SMART Notebook Software, learn how to build engaging activities with a variety of interactive lesson activities by using gallery items, linking objects and pages, and creating interactive graphics. In addition, participants will learn how to use the Lesson Activity Toolkit to create organized, standards-based lessons. Participants will receive Professional Development hours for each training session completed.

Level 3: SMART Notebook
Advanced Training


Presentation Products’ Advanced Training will provide learning on integrating tables, animating objects, using the magic pen, creating web links and adding sounds. Participants will learn how to use page grouping to organize lessons and how to add rich-media to lessons using the Page Recorder and Video Recorder. Additionally, participants will learn how to leverage interactive tools to deliver sophisticated, interactive lessons. Participants will receive Professional Development hours for each training session completed.

SMART Notebook
Certification Training


Presentation Products’ SMART Notebook Certification will cover Fundamentals, Intermediate, and Advanced training sessions, and follows the training content standards set by SMART Technologies for Certification. This session will provide learning on hardware components, how the SMART Board interactive whiteboard works, and the basic principles of touching, writing and saving within Notebook Software. Participants will learn how to use Ink Aware applications, such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Additionally, participants will learn both intermediate and advanced features of the SMART Board such as using gallery items, adding links and sounds, integrating tables, how to group pages and organize lessons, and how to add rich media content to lessons. Participants will receive Professional Development hours for each training session completed.
SMART Notebook Train the Trainer


Presentation Products’ extensive hands-on Train-the-Trainer session will enable participants to train others effectively. This session will provide content taught in Fundamentals, Intermediate, and Advanced Training sessions. Additionally, this session provides a module-by-module walk-through of a SMART training session, giving participants an opportunity to role-play, practice sections of a SMART training session and participants will receive personal feedback from a SMART Certified Trainer. Participants will receive Professional Development hours for each training session completed.

SMART Notebook Coaching Session


This session is designed to provide one-on-one training for enhancing lessons and will focus on how to best utilize SMART Board interactive whiteboard for needs specific to the trainee. Participants will receive Professional Development hours for each training session completed.

SMART Notebook Subject OR Grade
Specific Training


Presentation Products’ hands on subject or grade-specific training will provide learning on how to create interactive lessons filled with digital content specific to the content needs of users. Additionally, this session will focus on specific standards, create lessons based on curriculum requirements, and explore new engaging lesson ideas specific to the classroom’s taught material. Participants will receive Professional Development hours for each training session completed.

SMART Senteo Response
System Training


Presentation Products’ SMART Senteo Response Training is offers hardware and initial classroom setup for the System. Participants will learn how to set up teacher files and classroom lists, how to create and deliver assessments, and how to evaluate assessments. Participants will receive Professional Development hours for each training session completed.

SMART Table Training


Presentation Products’ Table Training offers instruction on the basic operation and set up of the SMART Table. Participants are taught how to use the SMART Table applications, how to customize learning activities in the SMART Table Toolkit on their computer, save customizations to a storage device, and sync storage devices to the SMART Table. Participants will receive Professional Development hours for each training session completed.

SMART Notebook Software:
The Learning Pathway


The Learning Pathway is Presentation Products’ most comprehensive and customizable training program designed for users of the SMART Interactive Whiteboard and Notebook Software. This program offers 30 hours of Professional Development specific to the needs of participating users and can be divided evenly, or among a group. A traditional approach to The Learning Pathway includes the following curriculum:

        • Phase I: Fundamentals Training
        • Phase II: Intermediate Training
        • Phase III: Advanced Training
        • Phase IV: Coaching sessions
        • Phase V: Smart Senteo Response, Table or other SMART Product Training (if applicable)
        • Phase VI: Collaboration and Reflection
        • Phase VII: Demonstration

Participants will receive Professional Development hours for each training session completed.

SMART Hourly Training


Presentation Products offers customizable training for participants whose needs are not within a scope defined by curriculum-based training offerings. This training may be purchased at an hourly rate with a 2-hour minimum.>

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